Sky Mobile TV Now Available on 3 Mobile Network
3 subscribers in the United Kingdom can now enjoy a selection of premium Sky output on their mobile phones, as the television service can now be streamed over the air on the 3G network.
Separate from the existing ‘Planet 3′ media service for customers, Sky are offering this for either a monthly fee of £5, or a daily rate of £1.
This now allows customers a choice of live streamed content over the air to their handsets, from channels including Sky News, Sky Sports, CNN and The Box.
There is also load of looped mobile content, offering the best bits of Sky’s other channels to be viewed at any time. Sky Mobile TV is also available in the UK through Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile, with the company claiming over 200,000 subscribers across the networks.
BSkyB General manager of mobile David Gibbs commented: “We are excited that 3 UK customers can now watch the latest breaking news from the RTS award winning Sky News; the best of the FA Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Premiership Rugby Union or Test Match cricket from Sky Sports, 3 UK customers need not miss a minute of the action.”
Sounds great, yes? However, the only setback is the fact that the service is being offered by Sky rather than 3 themselves, which means data charges can be incurred whilst viewing. A safe bet is to purchase an unlimited Internet add-on if you haven’t already got one, at a cost of around £5.
This means that all your web downloading will be covered, and no nasty surprise bills in the post!
Not sure if the whole ‘TV on the go’ thing will necessarily catch on. The Nokia N96 touted BBC’s iPlayer and bite-size shows as a reason to purchase, but all of that online multimedia content is often ignored in favour of chucking some favourite movies and music on a memory card and watching those.
Perhaps looped videos of the ‘new’ Gladiators and watching Ross Kemp speak in a gruff voice to ex-cons could be the content that changes everything.
Or not.
Source: What Mobile